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Super Rugby Preview – Special Drawing Board Edition
Hello and welcome to our 2013 Super Rugby preview. Super rugby starts early this year, and will take on a slightly different format as a consequence. The reason for this is that the Australian teams need to accommodate the British and Irish Lions tour to Australia during the mid-year break.
The Drawing Board – End of year tour review
A stunning victory by England over world champions New Zealand and seven tries from Ireland against Argentina were two rare high points for the home nations in the November internationals against the visitors from the south. Read more…
The Drawing Board (24/08/2012)
Hello and welcome to Who’s Playing Who?’s weekly rugby blog. This week saw the start of the new Rugby Championship tournament with Argentina making their long awaited debut in a major international competition. This week’s action has taken its toll, with the Wallabies (David Pocock), Springboks (Bismarck du Plessis) and Pumas (Juan Martin Hernandez) suffering long term injuries. It will remain to be seen how much the teams miss their respective stars. Read more…
The Drawing Board (17/08/2012)
Welcome to Who’s Playing Who?’s weekly rugby blog. This week sees the start of something new. This week sees the launch of the Rugby Championship, which replaces the old Tri – Nations. The Pumas (Argentina) will be making their long overdue entry into a top line competition, joining the Springboks, All Blacks and Wallabies to form the toughest competition in the world. There will be a huge travel factor in this competition. Read more…
The Drawing Board – Super Rugby Final Preview
In order to complete their fairy-tale journey to the top of the Super Rugby podium, the Sharks must complete their 30,000 mile course. Whilst they have been racking up the air miles in the past few weeks, they have also collected a couple of big – name scalps along the way in the form of the defending champion Reds and the table topping Stormers. Both victories have come during a formbook-shredding and Indian Ocean-spanning journey that not many saw coming. One final long haul trip awaits them if they are to cap their rugby odyssey with the southern hemisphere silverware with the Chiefs lying in wait in Hamilton this weekend where a new Super Rugby champion will be crowned. Read more…
The Drawing Board – Semi Final review (02/08/2012)
Welcome to Who’s Playing Who?’s weekly rugby blog. This week sees the culmination of a season of hard work for two teams. They have survived a brutal season. A season that involved a huge amount of travel, more grudge matches and a first ever break has thrown together two teams that can rightfully say they are the best in the competition. This was one of the least expected scenarios to be predicted at the start of the playoffs. Read more…
The Drawing Board (21/07/2012)
Hello and welcome to Who’s Playing Who?’s weekly rugby blog. The Super Rugby play-off picture has been confirmed following a frantic final day of regular season action that saw title hopes preserved and dashed in dramatic fashion. Read more…
The Drawing Board (13/07/2012)
Hello and welcome to Who’s Playing Who’s weekly rugby blog. This week is the final week of action for the round robin phase of the 2012 Super Rugby season and we still have eight teams who can get into playoff spots. The Chiefs and the Stormers are the only teams that are certain to make the playoffs, as they have won the NZ and South African conferences respectively. Both these sides will be battling for top spot in the ladder though, as they are only separated by a point at this stage. The Brumbies, Crusaders, Bulls, Sharks, Reds and Hurricanes probably need a bonus point victory to get into the playoff spots. Read more…
The Drawing Board (06/07/2012)
Welcome to Who’s Playing Who?’s weekly rugby blog. This week saw the return to action of Super Rugby after the first ever break in the competition. It is still really close in the competition, with 8 or 9 teams still in the hunt for the playoff spots. The Chiefs are the only team that have secured their spot in the playoffs. Read more…
The Drawing Board (29/06/2012)
Hello and welcome to Who’s Playing Who?’s weekly rugby blog. This week has seen the conclusion of the northern hemisphere’s tour of the southern hemisphere. This also concluded the first ever break in Super Rugby history. Super rugby will be making a return this week, with most teams still desperate for points as the log remains quite jammed. Read more…
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